We take the safety of our teenage users very seriously and have made commitments to prioritize their safety, as it is essential for fulfilling our mission to inspire creativity and joy. Dangerous challenges are not allowed on TikTok. We proactively invest resources to identify and remove them from our platform, redirecting users searching for such content to safety resources.

The issue of mental health predates TikTok and the internet, but we take responsibility for investing in understanding and addressing these concerns to keep our platform safe.

We actively encourage healthy screen time habits by sending reminders to users who spend too much time on TikTok, and we set a default 60-minute time limit for users under 18.

The algorithms of social media platforms like TikTok can have detrimental effects on children, and there is a need for a serious conversation about their impact on privacy and mental health.

Our mission is to ensure users experience a diversity of content, which is crucial for discovery on TikTok.

Parents are increasingly concerned about TikTok's impact on their children, and there should be bipartisan support to address the effects of social media on youth.

The mission of TikTok is to inspire creativity and bring joy, which serves as a guiding principle for product managers working on the platform.

TikTok's vision includes providing a window for discovery, a canvas for creation, and bridges for connection among users.

We've started to innovate on TikTok by creating original concepts that differ from our YouTube content, ensuring we don't just repost our longer videos.